Sack-holder



- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. D. WOOD.

SACK HOLDER.

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Patented Jan. 6,1885

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2 Sheets -Sheet 2.

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SAGKOHOLDER.

Patented Jan. 6, 1885. 7

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CLAUDIUS D. \VOOD, OF ALEXAXDRIA, MINNESOTA.

SACK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,353, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed April 21, 1&84. (X model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUDIUS D. Woon, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the county of Douglas and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Holders, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to sack-holders; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side, and Fig. 2 a front, view of my machine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottom of the Fig. 4c is a plan view of the hopper. Fig. 5 is a section on line 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on line 3 y, Fi 1. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of my machine. Fig. 8 is a detached perspective view of part of the hopper-frame; and Fig. 9 is a detached perspective view of one of the shafts, all of which will be described.

The main frame is composed of the top bars, A A A, mounted on the legs B, braced by cross-rods b, as shown. This frame I make open at its forward side, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7, so the bag may be readily placedin and removed from the same, and access may at all times be had to the latches of the hopper-frame, as will be understood from the drawings. Rods O C are secured to and depend from the lower sides of the bars A A.

The hopper-frame is composed of front bar, E, back bar, E, and side bars, 0 6. Lugs F F are projected laterally from the side bars, 0 e, and are perforated at f, and fit over the rods 0 C, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. Springs 0 are placed 011 rods 0, and bear between suitable stops or cross-pins, 0", on the lower ends of the rods 0 and the lateral lugs ofthe hopper-frame, supporting the said frame, so it may yield in the manner presently de scribed. The hopper G is pivoted at one side on the rear barof the hopper-frame, and is pro vided at its opposite side with a depending latch-bar, G, which, in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, extends into a mortise, g, in the front bar of the hopper-frame, and is held by a spring-actuated key, G", operating within an openingintersecting the mortise g, and extending through an aperture through latch G, as most clearly shown in Fig. 5. A spring, H, is seen red on the 11 opper-frame, and connected by a cord, h, with the hopper at a point above and in rear of the pivot of same, so that when the latch is released the spring will draw the hopper into the position indicated in Fig. 1, so that the bag may be easily adjusted on its supporting devices, presently described.- The sack-holding shafts I I are journaled in the front and rear bars of the hopper-frame, and extend below and close to the opposite sides of the hopper-discharge. Radial pins are projected from these shafts, and extend normally upward and outward, as shown. A stop pin or shoulder, t", secured on each shalt I I, operates, in connection with a suitable engaging projection or pin, i", on the hopperframe, to prevent the said shafts being rotated too far outward to prop erly serve their designed ends. A shaft, J, is j ournaled in the front and rear bars at one side of and parallel to the shafts I I, and is provided at one end with a cranlearm, j,which, in the position shown in Fig. 3, is engaged and held bya spring-actuated key, J, operating through the front bar of the hopper-frame. A spring, K, is secured on the hopper-frame, and is connected by a cord, K, with the shaft J. This cord is wound on the said shaft, so as to draw said shaft back to the position shown in Fig. 3, when drawn out of such position by extraordinary strain, as will be presently set forth. It is manifest the shaft could be returned to the position shown by hand; but I prefer to use the automatic returning devices shown, and above described. A cord, M, is secured and wound at one end to shaft J and has its other end carried over and wound around shaft I. A similar cord, N, is secured and wound at one end around shaft J and has its other end carried over and around shaft 1.

When the parts are in the position shown in 9 weight on the pins 6 of shafts I I will draw and revolve said shafts inward, as will be readily seen.

In operation the key G is withdrawn and the hopper swings up out of the way. The bag is then hung on the pins 2' of shafts I I and the hopper brought back to its position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bag can now be filled through the hopper with grain, potatoes, shelled eorn, corn in the ear, or other desired substance. As the bag and contents become too heavy for the springs C, the hopper-frame is gradually lowered, as indicated in dotted lines, until the bag is rested on the floor. \Vhen the bag is properly filled, the key J is withdrawn and the shafts I I revolve and release the bag, when the parts again re sume their normal position, as shown.

It is manifest that the form of springs employed may be varied at will without depart ing from the spirit of my invention; also that the method of holding and releasing the shafts I I may be varied as, for instance, by seeuring gears on said shafts and meshing them together and providing a pawl for locking them, and which may be readily released when desired; but I prefer to use the cords, as shown. I also prefer to operate said cords through the medium of shaft J, though, where so desired, the cords M N maybe secured and released in various ways different from that shown, as will obviously appear.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination oft'hehopper-frame pro vided with a key, G, the hopper provided with a latch, G, and pivotall y secured to the frame, and means for tilting said hopper on said pivot, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the hopper-frame and the sack-holding shafts journaled there- I in, of the cords wound around said shafts and in opposite directions, and means for securing said cords, whereby the shafts may be held normally from revolving, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the hopper-frame, the shafts I I, the shaft J, having crank-arm], the key J, and the cords M N, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the hopper-frame, the shafts I I, the shaft J, and the cords M N, of spring K, and a cord connecting said spring and the shaft J, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the yielding hopperframe, the shafts I l, the shaft J, the cords M N, and a tension or return device connected with shaft J, and adapted to return said shaft to its normal position,substantially as set forth.

(5. The combination of the supportingframe open at its front side, the hopper-frame secured in the said frame, the bag-securing devices. and the latches passed through the front bar of the l]01')] )ei'-fr2itme, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the hopper-frame, the bag-supporting devices, and the hopper se cured on the hopper-frame, and adapted to be turned away from over the bag-securing devices in said frame, the said devices being supported in the hopper-frame, and adapted to alone secure the bag, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

The combination of the main frame, having its opposite top side bars provided with depending rods 0, having stops 0 at their lower ends, the springs C, placed on said rods, the hopper-frame secured within the main frame, and having lateral lugs F, projected from its opposite sides and sliding on the rods C above, and supported on springs C, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I a'flix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDIUS D. WOOD.

lVitnesses:

S. A. BALLENTINE, A. B. DONALDSON. 

